Perfect 10 surfer preps for weekend contest

San Clemente's Colt Ward has to be feeling good going into this weekend's Surfing America Prime contest at one of his local breaks, T-Street Beach.

He's coming off a National Scholastic Surfing Association contest last weekend that saw him surf a perfect heat – two 10-point scores. He did it during the quarterfinals at Huntington Beach, and the NSSA saluted his feat in its contest recap.

"I've never scored a perfect 10 in a contest," he was quoted as saying. "To get two 10s in one heat especially on barrels in Huntington, is just amazing."

It'll be tough for Ward or anyone to find a 10-point barrel at T-Street Saturday and Sunday with tiny surf in the forecast.

SURFING AMERICA RATINGS

Ward, 15, goes in ranked No. 1 in boys under 16 years old in Surfing America's West Coast Prime series. San Clemente's Tia Blanco is No. 1 in girls under 16 and girls under 18. Eithan Osborne of Ventura is No. 1 in boys under 14. Nick Hernandez of Santa Cruz is No. 1 in boys under 18, with Ward ranked second.

Other Orange County surfers ranked in the top 3 in their Surfing America divisions include Tyler Killeen of Surfside, Meah Collins of Costa Mesa (two divisions), Griffin Foy of Fullerton and Kevin Schulz of San Clemente.

In the NSSA contest at Huntington Beach, San Clemente's Kade Matson won the mini groms' division. Malia Osterkamp of San Clemente won the girls' division.

WSA AT OCEANSIDE

Meanwhile at Oceanside, Orange County surfers won 11 divisions at a Western Surfing Association contest. The winners:

Meah Collins of Costa Mesa (girls under 14 and girls under 16), Cody Canzoneri of San Clemente (open shortboard and open longboard), Lulu Erkeneff of Dana Point (open women's shortboard), Emmy Lombard of San Clemente (girls' longboard), Lance Albright of Huntington Beach (men's longboard 40 and older), Conner Dand of San Clemente (boys under 16), Lexi Morgan of San Clemente (girls' longboard under 14), Jett Schilling of San Clemente (boys/girls under 10) and Brayden Burch of San Clemente (boys/girls under 9).